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Director, Silicon Operations Production Planning

NVIDIA· Mgmt, Supply Chain
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Santa Clara, CA$216k - $339.3kfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Director-level role leading silicon operations production planning and advanced packaging supply planning in Santa Clara, focusing on building and guiding a team to optimize production schedules, manage supply commitments, and align wafer and FG build plans with business units.

Responsibilities

  • Build and lead a dynamic team of operations supply planners, coordinating with Operations, Engineering and Business Units to set priorities and supply strategies.
  • Own operations' supply commitments for multiple advanced packaging chip product families to meet customer and revenue commitments.
  • Present supply challenges to management and make recommendations for resolutions, including capacity and material investments, trade-offs, risk calls, and beyond.
  • Drive optimized production schedules for multiple products and SKUs considering die availability, priorities, materials availability and constraints for NVIDIA's execution teams; influence decisions on dependent demands (HBMs, interposers, substrates, and other materials).
  • Collaborate with wafer planning, datacenter systems planning, and BU representatives to align supply strategies and optimized build plan to meet demand; address alignment between wafer supply and FG build plan.
  • Lead tradeoff analyses when capacity, materials, or production issues prevent meeting all demand; craft optimal plan with internal partners.
  • Work with program managers and engineers to facilitate ramp plans from early-stage sampling to high-volume production.
  • Provide continuous improvement recommendations to management and partners to improve KPIs (shipment hit rate, cycle time, production line efficiency).

Qualifications

  • 12+ years in semiconductor operations (Supply Planning / Supply Chain) with 8+ years managing teams with direct reports.
  • Degree in Industrial Engineering or Business Administration or equivalent semiconductor planning experience.
  • Effective communication, problem-solving, teamwork, organizational, and quantitative skills.
  • Ability to balance detailed insights with big-picture decisions for senior/executive management.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel VBA, SAP, SAP APO, IBP, Windchill, and advanced planning software.
  • Excellent English communication skills (reading, writing, speaking, listening).
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, self-starter with strong ownership.

Skills

Required:Team leadershipSupply planningProduction scheduling

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Competitive benefits package
  • Details available at NVIDIA benefits site
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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